PHREAK is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PHREAK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHREAK?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHREAK is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHREAK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phreaksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHREAK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHREAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does PHREAK mean in Scrabble?
verb
slang
To hack into a telephone system, especially in order to make calls without paying.
The habit of phreak hacking flourished in the 1960s and 1970s, when hobbyists used tones and boxes to trick phone exchanges. It grew into the wider hacker culture, and the word is now mostly historical.
How PHREAK is used
Used in tech history and hacker slang.
- Teenagers once used homemade devices to phreak long-distance calls.
- He claimed he could phreak the phone company switches in minutes.
- Stories of how people used to phreak circulate in hacker lore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHREAK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHREAK
6 longer words begin with PHREAK.
Shorter words from the letters in PHREAK
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Common questions about PHREAK
- Is PHREAK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHREAK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHREAK worth?
- PHREAK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHREAK mean?
- To hack into a telephone system, especially in order to make calls without paying.
- What letters can be added to PHREAK?
- PHREAK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHREAK:
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